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Sub-sub-fonds
Post Office: Auditing of Accounts and Systems of Financial Accounting and Compiling...
Catalogue reference: POST 8
What’s it about?
This record is about the Post Office: Auditing of Accounts and Systems of Financial Accounting and Compiling... dating from 1802-1991.
Is it available online?
Maybe, but not on The National Archives website. This record is held at The Postal Museum.
Can I see it in person?
Not at The National Archives, but you may be able to view it in person at The Postal Museum.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- POST 8
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Title (The name of the record)
- Post Office: Auditing of Accounts and Systems of Financial Accounting and Compiling Statistics
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1802-1991
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of records of the Public Accounts Audit Commissioners' checks on GPO annual accounts and the Accountant General's checks on accounts received from agents and postmasters in the first half of the 19th century. Also, various reports and other papers relating to financial systems, methods of accounting and collecting, collating and presenting business statistics in the Post Office.
Please see The Postal Museum's online catalogue and BT Archives online catalogue for descriptions of individual records within this series.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Catalogue entries below series level were removed from Discovery, The National Archives' online catalogue, in November 2016 because fuller descriptions were available in The Postal Museum's online catalogue and BT Archives online catalogue.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Chronological order within sub-series.
All pieces are 1 volume unless otherwise stated.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Records containing statistical data can be found in POST 19
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Some pieces have been transferred to:
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The Postal Museum
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 142 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Communications
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Post Office annual accounts, like those of other government departments, were liable to examination by the Public Accounts Audit Commissioners. One of the main duties of the Accountant General was to superintend the making out and examining of the general accounts of Post Office revenue and to certify their validity before the Exchequer.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11739/
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Catalogue hierarchy
270 records
This record is held at The Postal Museum
111 records
Within the fonds: POST
Records created or inherited by the Royal Mail Group plc and predecessors
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Post Office: Auditing of Accounts and Systems of Financial Accounting and Compiling Statistics
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